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A Stone's Throw Glass

Fused Glass
Fused Glass
After creating a design for glass from a sketch, I cut the coloured glass and piece together the layers of the 'puzzle'. These are fused (melted) flat in the kiln, often upwards of 12 hours to ensure proper heating and annealing for the glass. When the annealing and cooling process is complete, the flat piece gets cold-worked (edge grinding, sanding, buffing) and readied for the second time in the kiln for the slumping process. It is during this second firing that the piece takes its shape, whether to become a shallow dish, a plate, or a bowl. Depending on the size and thickness of the piece, this firing can also take upwards of 12 hours in the kiln.

When the pieces are finished, they are cleaned and ready to serve or display food, or to be used as stunning decor pieces for your home.

Fused glass panels are often fired several times (6, 7, even 8 or more) to get more detail added to the piece. The firing process can take up most of the time spent on a piece, after the initial design work is completed.
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Commissioned Work ·

Witless Bay

28” x 21”, 2009. Framed in reclaimed mahogany.

Part of Landscape Panels.

When Irises Sing a Whale Song

32” x 91”, 2008. Framed in spalted birch.

Great Blue Heron

38” x 13”, 2008.

Crazy Capelin

12” x 13”, 2007.

Who Me?

36” x 24”, 2006. Framed in reclaimed oak.

This panel depicts a female wood duck who unknowingly seems to be the main attraction for a group of males.

Nesting Egret

14” x 28”, 2005. Framed in reclaimed oak.

Nina's Shells

39” x 30”, 2004.

Fall Lilies in Quebec

18”x 31”, 2007. Framed in reclaimed oak.

Peonies of Integrity, Loyalty, and Friendship, and Quebec Fall Lilies

18”x 31” (each panel), 2007. Framed in reclaimed oak.

Vessels of the Blow-me-Downs, Part 3

18”x 31”, 2007. Framed in reclaimed oak.

Part of Canada Series.

A Cornet Fish Sticks Its Nose In I

21 ¾” x 31 7/8”, 2006, 2007, 2008. Framed in pine.

A Cornet Fish Sticks Its Nose In II

21 ¾” x 31 7/8”, 2006, 2007, 2008. Framed in pine.

A Cornet Fish Sticks Its Nose In III

21 ¾” x 31 7/8”, 2006, 2007, 2008. Framed in pine.

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